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	Managing IT contractors presents unique challenges Hiring contract tech workers is a quick, easy way to staff up a project or offload mundane tasks -- but managing them can be ticklish. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. In this Issue Paul Glen: Being right vs. not being wrong INSIDER How to recruit the best executive sponsor for an IT project House approves STEM bill, but it's no victory INSIDER 3 Ways CIOs Work With Sales to Create Innovative Solutions CompTIA opinion: A technology agenda for Obama's second term In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S. WEBCAST: VMware Getting Started with VMware vSphere Hypervisor and VMware Go Join us for a look at how to deploy virtualization using VMware vSphere, the industry's best-of-breed hypervisor. Discover how solutions such as VMware Go make deploying VMware server virtualization technology a snap. This webcast will begin with a discussion of the core concepts of virtualization. Learn More Now! Paul Glen: Being right vs. not being wrong To a lot of people, it seems as if we geeks are always battling for supremacy in the Always-Need-to-Be-Right Club. Read More INSIDER How to recruit the best executive sponsor for an IT project Every big project needs a high-ranking exec with a stake in the game and solid connections within the organization. Here's how to find and train the right one for the job. Read More House approves STEM bill, but it's no victory The U.S. House Friday approved a Republican-backed STEM visa bill, but the legislation has likely reached a dead-end. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Smartphones and Tablets Propel the Healthcare Revolution Smartphones and tablets are changing how we get and stay healthy. Apps help us stick to a diet and exercise plan, remind us to take our pills and lower costs by reducing the number of trips to the doctor's office. Find out the five ways smartphones are changing the face of healthcare—for the better. Learn more. INSIDER 3 Ways CIOs Work With Sales to Create Innovative Solutions How IT leaders are recruiting ideas, building trust and embracing lessons learned when building tools sales teams want to use. Read More CompTIA opinion: A technology agenda for Obama's second term Among the issues that Congress and the president can tackle are taxation, STEM education and the need for a national standard on data breaches. Read More In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S. It has been widely expected over the past year or two that IBM's India workforce was on track to exceed its U.S. workforce, if it hadn't exceeded it already. Read More
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